Help Needed! Tracking down any leads/sources on old family lure

[Gillark]

I'm not quite sure if this will bring about anything but I figured that I would try anyways. For years my dad, and late grandfather, have told me stories about a lure that my late grandfather designed and sold. This would have been decades ago called the Carter Spider. Simple design from what I have heard. Simply put it was a customization of a spinnerbait with a bit of rubber that allowed the skirt to move through the water similar to a spider. From what I have heard it was such an amazing lure that supposedly big name bass anglers would even use it, if I remember correctly even the likes of Bill Dance and Jimmy Houston. Not entirely sure if I remember that 100% correctly. Anyways, what I am asking is if anyone knows anything about this lure, or most importantly, if anyone knows if one still exists. It would mean the world to me if I could find one and present it to my dad. His dad, my late grandfather, owned a store in Hot Springs, AR and custom made rods and this lure I believe it was called something along the lines of Carter Fishing Supplies. Thank you for your time.

[toadfrog]

See if you can contact one of the old users of the bait by email or a fan page something like that . Might just get an answer . Another possibility, Find the location of where the store was exactly . Next find out where the old fishing geezers hang out and ask some of them .

[jigmeister]

Closest thing I can think of from your description would be a spinnerbait made in the 1970's

called the "Tarantula " made by "Bass Buster" lure co owned by  TV angler Virgil Ward .

I know this probably isn't what you were looking for but it might jog somebody's memory .

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by jigmeister
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